Recently I looked at Kentmere Pan 400 made by HARMAN/ILFORD in the UK. I showed 5 Frames shot at box speed with my Leica M6 and 35mm f/2.4 Summarit-M. I was very pleasantly pleased with the prints I made from this film. How about rating the film for a higher EI (aka underexposing it and […]
Category: ILFORD Film Stock Reviews
Looking for a review of an ILFORD stock? We’ve got you covered: read every EMULSIVE review of ILFORD film photography stocks right here, including: ILFORD FP4 PLUS, ILFORD HP5 PLUS and ILFORD Delta Professional films.
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Chromogenic inspiration: ILFORD XP2 Super – Andrea Bianchi
What is the reason that drives a photographer or an analogue lover to use chromogenic black and white film in 2021? Personally, I appreciate them for the almost total absence of grain and the way they surrender detail. I like their characteristics and you feel good using them. Don’t get me wrong, I am a […]
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ILFORD HP5 PLUS vs Kodak Tri-X 400 at EI 1600 in the Moscow Metro with the Mamiya 7II
I highly recommend the Moscow Subway Metro. As someone who loves spending time exploring underground, this was perhaps an unexpected highlight of my 2019 trip to Russia. If you are going for a photo trip (after the obvious COVID restrictions are lifted), I highly suggest Sunday mornings between 8-10am. Weekdays will be hell as you’re […]
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Film Notes: Current high-speed films, ILFORD Delta 3200 Professional and Kodak T-MAX P3200
I’ve often described how I think that people looking for a different “look” from film would be better suited exposing and developing in a different way before they’d see any benefit from switching emulsions. Unless someone is searching for a specific “effect” in terms of grain structure, or halation, then most films will produce fairly […]
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An on-the-cheap private investigation into European BW films: ORWO or Kentmere, to be or not to be?
The whole idea behind this article started as I was looking into finding a “daily” use black and white film, on the cheap, so that I could bulk roll my own. As I’m from Europe (Romania, just one sharp right away from the Black Sea), I first looked into Foma Bohemia films, which are quite […]
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Unexpected adventures with expired ILFORD FP4 PLUS film
I have never used expired film or used a bulk loader until now. Not however for any particular reason, probably just because I simply didn’t feel the need to. I had been given a bulk loader and a handful of reloadable cassettes in a collection of darkroom gear by a retired professional. He no longer […]
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Every single film stock still made today – Part 3: ILFORD to Japan Camera Hunter (v2)
Update 01: 2018-09-20
Welcome to part three of this series exploring every single film photography stock still being made today.
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Comparing Fuji NEOPAN 100 ACROS, ILFORD Delta 100 Professional and Kodak T-MAX 100
This whole project started when I realized I had been blindly allegiant to certain black and white films for a number of years without any particular rhyme or reason.
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Film review: finding my ‘do anything’ film for 4×5….a tale of ILFORD FP4 PLUS and HP5 PLUS
I have been shooting 4×5 for about five years. I use it for much of my personal work, and love the tonality and rendering it gives my images.
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Film review: ILFORD HP5 PLUS in 35mm, 120 and sheet formats
There’s much more to HP5 PLUS than meets the eye – something that regular shooters of this film will be more than aware of.
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Long exposure film tests part two: ILFORD HP5 PLUS, ILFORD Delta Professional 400, ILFORD Delta Professional 3200, ILFORD SFX 200
Welcome to part two of my long exposure test results.
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Long exposure film tests part one: ILFORD PAN F+, ILFORD FP4+, ILFORD Delta 100 Professional
Long exposure film photography is a technique central to my currently ongoing photography project, Where We Meet.
Capturing the smooth extensions of water movement, contrasted with static elements of the shoreline is the key to this visual narrative.
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Cheatsheet: ILFORD FP4 PLUS development times – EI 100 to EI 6400
Over the years I’ve built up a large bank of development times and schemes for many black and white films, old and new;
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Push processing ILFORD HP5 PLUS from EI 800 to EI 6400
Hi! My name is Daniel and I live in Helsinki, Finland.
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Amore al primo rullo: ILFORD HP5 PLUS
Quando EMULSIVE mi ha chiesto di scrivere qualcosa su ilford HP5 plus sono rimasto molto sorpreso e anche un po’ preoccupato: non sono un tecnico e non sono un fotografo professionista e non ho neanche molta esperienza.
Bene, probabilmente vi
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Love at first roll: ILFORD HP5 PLUS
When EM asked to me to write something about ILFORD HP5 PLUS I was very surprised and a little worried.
I’m not a technician, I’m not a professional photographer and I also don’t have too much experience, so you’re probably
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A paean to ILFORD PAN F PLUS or: there’s something about slow film
Sub 100 ISO films…
There’s mystique about them; smooth, finely grained, challenging. Something for the true pros and “serious types”.
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Black and white film high EI shootout part 2: Kodak Tri-X 400, T-MAX 400 and ILFORD HP5 PLUS, Delta 400 at EI 25600
The high EI shootout is back for part two: the pushening.
Poorly executed references to the terrible sequel that was Highlander 2 aside, I’m hoping that you’ll find this extension of part one just as informative as the first and
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Black and white film high EI shootout part 1: Kodak Tri-X 400, T-MAX 400 and ILFORD HP5 PLUS, Delta 400 at EI 12800
A few months ago I wrote a post about experimenting with pushing Kodak Tri-X from ISO 800 to 12800.
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Film notes: ILFORD FP4 PLUS 125
Following on from our recent review, here’s a quick reference for ILFORD’s fine detail, old school contrast monster, FP4 PLUS.
Here’s what they have to say:
“For high quality black and white photography, ILFORD FP4 PLUS is unrivaled.
